Operation Cupid
Operation Cupid is a 1960 British second feature comedy film directed by Charles Saunders and starring Charles [Farrell |Charles Farrell], Avice Landone and Wallas Eaton. It was written by Jack Taylor and Brock Williams.
Plot
A gang of criminals win a marriage agency during a card game and plan to use it to arrange a lucrative marriage for one of their gang to an extremely wealthy heiress.Cast
- Charles Farrell as Charlie Stevens
- Avice Landone as Mrs. Mountjoy
- Wallas Eaton as Cecil
- Harold Goodwin as Mervyn
- Norma Parnell as Lola
- Charles Clay as Mr. Cupid
- Wally Patch as bookmaker
- Pauline Shepherd as Sylvie
- Neil Hallett as Tom
- Roy Jefferies as insurance representative
- Edward Malin as Smelly
- Audrey Nicholson as nurse
- George Patterson as Monty
- Colin Rix as postman
- Beth Rogan as barmaid
- David Saire as Claude
- Bruce Seton as representative
- Martin Sterndale as foreman
Production
Critical reception
The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "This artless comedy opens promisingly, but poverty of invention, uneven direction and weak scripting – not to mention song and dance padding – quickly tax the efforts of the cast. The net result fails to score on any level."In British Sound Films: The Studio Years 1928–1959 David Quinlan rated the film as "mediocre", writing: "Weak comedy wastes good idea."